Press Releases

Monrovia, 1 December 2017 At the invitation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn…

New York - 30 November 2017. A year since the signing and entry into force of the Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Long Lasting Peace between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attack perpetrated by suspected anti-Balaka against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)…

An Egyptian peacekeeper of the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, was killed and three others were injured on Sunday morning in an attack by armed elements near Gambo, in Mbomou prefecture in the…

I am horrified at news reports and video footage showing African migrants in Libya reportedly being sold as slaves. I abhor these appalling acts and call upon all competent authorities to investigate these activities without…

Bogotá, 15 november 2017. At the end of his two-day trip to Colombia the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, made a call to the people of Colombia to "stay the course set out in the Peace Agreement…

The EU-funded WHO project “Strengthening Health Information System and Medical Supply Chain Management (SHAMS)” is currently conducting a situational analysis of the pharmaceutical sector in Libya. The assessment is taking…

Bogotá, 13 November 2017. For second time this year, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs visits Colombia to analyse the progress of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and learn first-hand about…

WHO country office has completed an extensive workshop on Non-communicable disease Dialogue with national counterparts between 6th- 8th November in Tunis. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, stroke…

Bogotá, 8 November 2017. The UN Verification Mission in Colombia and the Episcopal Conference of Colombia highlight the first month of work of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) of the Temporary, Bilateral, and…